Pbds

NATmicuRN · Oct 10, 2008

i took a PBDS for icu nursing and it was just a video with a pt senario and you had to figure out what they were ill with and what would you do with priotizing involved. afterwords they give you your results and you how to learn what needs work during orientaion. if you dont meet expectations you have to retake it. hope this helps

NurseMandi31 · Oct 10, 2008

I had to take this as part of my orientation for the hospital I work in, personally I kind of think it is a waste of time but I guess the hosptials need something to gage if you are safe enough to employ there.:wink2: They use really old movies for the scenarios where they give you clues and you have to figure out what is wrong with the pt and then explain what you would do and why. Don't stress about it, if you have high risk L&D experience the scenarios are pretty strait forward. It also asks you to prioritze differant scenarios and then tell what you would do. It is just a lot of writing, your hand will probably be pretty tired when your done. Good Luck

hippienurse · Oct 10, 2008

This is a computerized (usually) assessment tool that many hospitals use. For regular employees they use this as a tool for orientation. They test you before you begin work. If you used to work med/surg, the test they give you will be on med-surg nursing. Then after so many days they retest you, usually this one will now be unit specific. With travelers, many hospitals use this as a pass/fail. You test on the unit you are coming into and if you can't pass as "competent" then they don't hire you. You may want to ask about that.

It has many different parts, and is different at dif hospitals because they can pick and choose which parts of the testing to use. The hardest part tends to be the "vignettes" They are short little videos (very old too) of a pt situation. You can only watch it once. They also give you some basic info (maybe some vitals, nurses note from the last shift, etc) You then have to give a diagnoses for what the pt has (say, in L&D it could be uterine rupture, eclampsia, etc) and then you have to say every single thing you would do, why you would do it and how you would do it. In order and also prioritize which comes first, etc. It isn't the most difficult thing in the world, but it is kinda hard because there are so many things you do out of habit and you forget when writing it all out.

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hips12 · Oct 10, 2008

Thanks. I was a little worried about it because I wasn't sure what to expect. :confused: